By Xantha Leatham Deputy Science Editor for The Daily Mail 15:09 01 Jul 2024, updated 15:14 01 Jul 2024 Without dinosaurs trampling on trees, vines like grapes flourished READ MORE: Asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago The next time you open a bottle of wine, raise a glass to the dinosaurs. That’s … Read more
Lithouva – the earliest fossil grape from the Western Hemisphere, ~60 million years old from Colombia. Top image shows fossil accompanied by CT scan reconstruction. Bottom image shows artist’s reconstruction. Credit: Fabiany Herrera, art by Pollyanna von Knorring. If you’ve ever consumed raisins or enjoyed a glass of wine, you may have partly to thank … Read more
A homebuyer has sparked a furious row with his new neighbors – by paving his front garden and converting it into a showroom for up to a dozen used cars. Farshad Kia, 45, has caused several complaints after displaying numerous used cars in or next to the driveway of his 1930s semi in Arnos Grove, … Read more
Summer Game Party When Geoff Keighley takes the stage at an event like The Game Awards, he doesn’t tend to talk about current events. That’s been a point of frustration over the years for some people who have criticized the way the gaming figurehead uses (or abuses) his platform. When Keighley took the stage at … Read more
Summer Game Party When Geoff Keighley takes the stage at an event like The Game Awards, he doesn’t tend to talk about current events. That’s been a point of frustration over the years for some people who have criticized the way the gaming figurehead uses (or abuses) his platform. When Keighley took the stage at … Read more
Life on Earth emerged about 3.7 billion years ago. Despite this being a crucial milestone in the history of our planet, the precise molecular mechanisms behind its formation remain largely unknown. Scientists have proposed many theories to explain the origin of life. Two stand out: the primordial soup theory and the RNA world hypothesis. Both … Read more